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CIA File on Ray, Manuel

Central Intelligence Agency · 219 pages · text by OCR

This Central Intelligence Agency dossier on Cuban exile leader Manuel Ray Rivero was released in 2023 under the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Act. It contains biographical sketches of Ray as Castro's Minister of Public Works and later leader of the MRP and JURE, a 1965 report on his views of anti-Castro tactics, a Spanish report on his 1965 Madrid visit, and 1977 cables answering an FBI request. Those cables note he was declared persona non grata in Jamaica in December 1976.

  • p. 46 …Your cooperation in this case has been appreciated. Earl J. Williamson DC/WH/COG DDP/WH…
  • p. 83 …TDEN A's agents inside PIRHUMEN are probably IDEN C, who might cooperate with IDEN B…
  • p. 89 …The Subject's 'agents' inside Cuba are probably Jorge GARCIA BANGO Dirube, who might cooperate with…
  • p. 99 …We would not give Manolo REY any support or assistance until he cooperated with us fully…
  • p. 100 …that was supposed to be of mutual cooperation and trust. That he was not an informer…
  • p. 156 …BELIEVE COULD GET G-40 COOPERATION KEEP SHIP LAS PALMAS
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SUBJ: CASE 43486 - ERQUIAGA ARMS COMPANY

INS CONTACT ADVISES ACTION REPORTED IN LANG 8564 WAS SPONTANEOUS REACTION OF SOME ONE IN INS CENTRAL OFFICES WHO READ THE PAPER. INQUIRY WAS BUCKED TO REGION, THENCE TO DISTRICT. DISTRICT HAS SENT LEAD TO SAM JUAN P.R. TO SEE IF THEY CAN FIND HAY THERE.

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CPN 8978 TRAVIS DEVANON 45486 ERQUIAGA ARMS COMPANY INS LANG 8564 INS SAN JUAN P R RAY

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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 219 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.